Best Nightclubs In Phuket

[Peterocket]

Stereo Lab in Surin has some pretty decent dates coming up and I was wondering if any of the other Clubs in Phuket have any big acts or good reviews. Is Sound in JungCeylon any good? Anyone have any info on Clubs in Phuket Town, i've only been to Timber Hut and Rocking Angels (that I can remember)?

Friday 04/12/09: TODD TERRY

Wednesday 09/12/09: Stanton Warriors

Saturday 19/12/09: 1st anniversary of Stereo LAB, big surprise!!!

Saturday 26/12/09: GOLDIE, mini festival on the beach from 5 pm with Dj Octo, Dan davies, Joe gradante, Scotty P....

Saturday 16/01/10: JOEY NEGRO

Friday 05/03/10: LTJ Bukem & Mc Conrad

All confirmed but waiting for exact dates for: David Guetta & Joachim Garraud presents F*** ME I'M FAMOUS!!, Aaron Ross, Calvin Harris, Jack Beats, the freestylers,Andy C, Cream, + many more to come.

Edited November 23, 2009 by Peterocket

[markg]

Stereo Lab is, in my opinion, breaking new ground.

For far tooooo long we've had a diet that is nearly always the same. A DJ playing a mixed bag of the latest Thai/Euro trash mainstream music, then a bit of (say) R and B, then some other genre, then back to the Thai or Euro covers etc etc, all washed down with an audience content to listen to what they are told to and jiggle about on the spot as there is no dance floor.

Stereo Lab is changing this monotony by bringing in big name DJ's. For the people who've been brought up in Phuket, they don't know any better. But they soon will, and with this new knowledge will come a demand for change.

Change in music starts small but can then grow quickly.

Let's hope that there is real desire for change from the audience.

The only aggro with Stereo Lab is it's a bit tucked out of the way and not very convenient unless you live in Surin or Kamala or summat.

All the other clubs serve the same old same old.

Rockin Angels isnt a club. It's a bar with live music, and whilst he tries, it only holds a dozen people.

Timber Hut has been playing the same tried and tested formula of "pack 'em in, no dance floor, play popular songs and play em loud" and they've been financially successful for 20 years - which is why everyone mimics them. And if that's all you're used to then you don't know what you are missing.

Phuket House Mafia also play at a number of venues around the island - and BKK too. Check em out on Facebook for details of their next gigs. They play great house and know how to mix it too.

Seduction i reckon is feeling the heat from stereo lab and have hosted David Morales and also Judge Jules BUT Patong is arguably not the right crowd. You need a club with a hard core regular clientele and Patong is going to be mainly tourists who maybe actually want to get some 'Thai club culture' at Banana, FBI etc.

Hard on the heals of Stereo Lab was the recent freebie on the beach by Royfest. Without trying to be derogatory to the local DJ's - when the europeans came on, the difference was huge. Like listening to a tinny transistor radio one minute and swapping to a Bose system the next.

DJing isnt just playing CDs.

Royfest was a success which they are threatening to repeat for the King's cup at the start of December.

The time is right and the music scene is changing. Stereo Lab are leading the way. Phuket House Mafia are doing their bit. Seduction i think is looking over its shoulder and trying to catch up.

We need a couple more decent music clubs in Phuket Town, and maybe Patong and Kata/Karon and there will be a critical mass. No longer will the public accept Hotel California. No longer will they accept bad mixing. No longer will they accept Euro-pop in 5 different languages.

We want music. Decent music. And it's coming.

The only way is up. Bay-be................

P.s Forgot to mention that Sound in JungCeylon, likes it's brother the so called 'Bed supper club' in BKK is for poseurs only. They couldnt care less if the DJ's play the Teletubbies all night just as long as someone takes their photos with their latest Jimmy Choo copy shoes on and their genuinly scuffed up Louis Vuiton handbag. Sorry about that mini rant. I went to the Bed Supper club recently and it is the worst club i've ever been to. I can't even remember the music - that's how bad it was. Why else do you go to a club if it aint for the music? Oh............yeah, to be seen!

Well not this cat !

Edited November 23, 2009 by markg

[Benjie]

I like Sound, I don't think its for posers at all, Bed Supper Club might be like that but Phuket is a much more casual place.

There's also club lime and sublime(?) sundays on Laem Singh Beach, so yeah Phuket is getting itself a scene at long last.

[markg]

I like Sound, I don't think its for posers at all, Bed Supper Club might be like that but Phuket is a much more casual place.

There's also club lime and sublime(?) sundays on Laem Singh Beach, so yeah Phuket is getting itself a scene at long last.

Club Lime has been trying for a while now but every time i go there, the place is dead. Nice venue, good marketing, pretty decent music. But it's just slightly off the beaten track in Patong and i dunno why, no one goes. I suspect Patong just aint the right crowd. Why should Lime be empty but FBI be packed? Do people want nothing more than fanny? Seems so !

[Boater]

not been to streo yet. but always had a good night at hollywood !

[LivinLOS]

I like Lime and had some great nights there (really like that a breeze can flow through), but find as you say its just under attended for what they are doing in Patong.. They do get names there that are worth hearing.

Sound seems to be trying, but hasnt hit my buttons.. Finally they have stopped spamming facebook as they were getting really annoying and thier '5 free drinks to all ladies' was sounding desperate. It has potential for a crossover between Patong and proper clubland I guess.

Seduction too seems caught in the problem of not wanting the customers that are there.. Turned me off the place in the beggining when thier first DJ was truly awful doing that house / R&B / Pop cycle and not letting one style flow.

Stereo Lab really pushing the scene (Stanton on the 9th of Dec) with Hed Kandi and other top shelf names.. Really should make more of an effort to get up there more often.

Soundwave Sundays have started up again for high season.. Nice daytime early eve options..

The islands scene really has woken up in the last 2 or so years.. There are now options for choonage.. Not samui level but catching up.

[Peterocket]

I have to be honest when i first moved to Phuket i didnt think there would be any inetrnational DJ's. Maybe that was a bit naive.

To be honest though it only really seems tat Stereo Lab is really making the effort. The thing with Stereo lab is that you dont have to pay any entrance fee (unike any club i've ever been to in the UK), i find it hard to understand how they can afford international DJ's just by drinks revenues. They are expensive! Rahzel the other week was packed down there....

Annoyed i missed Royfest :-(

Going to Bed Supper Club next week, should be interesting as there are such mixed reviews. Will give sound a try after that.

Like MarkG says it would be good if Phuket Town advanced a bit with a decent Club. I too am dismayed by the "Thai/Euro trash mainstream music".

My search will continue.....

[g00dgirl]

There is ICON in Nai Harn, I haven't been to others so no idea how they compare.

I would like to see a gothic club in Phuket playing all the goth, darkwave, ebm, alternative and 80s music.

[HDRIDER]

HI

I just want blues and rock never been in the places you talk about (maybe to old for that)

[Peterocket]

There are quite a few bars in Phuket Town playing rock. Would be nice to see a decent blues club though...not sure its too likely